Kremlin: Trilateral negotiations between Moscow, Washington, and Kyiv in Abu Dhabi on Ukraine will be held without Europeans

Moscow -- The Russian presidency (the Kremlin) confirmed on Monday that the anticipated negotiations on resolving the Ukrainian crisis in the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi, will be held in a trilateral format comprising Russia, Ukraine, and the United States, with US mediation, without the participation of European representatives, on November 10 and 11. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said in a press briefing that the talks scheduled in Abu Dhabi will be trilateral between Moscow and Kyiv, mediated by Washington, noting that the United States and Ukraine have special channels of communication with the European side and are working to establish separate coordination mechanisms with it. Peskov added that Moscow does not intend to publicly discuss visions regarding the formats of future security negotiations, pointing out that Ukraine has become a different country geographically and that the facts on the ground have become clear and cannot be ignored. Regarding the Russian delegation participating in the negotiations, Peskov clarified that it will be led by Russian Presidential Assistant Maxim Medinsky and will include Deputy Foreign Ministers Sergey Ryabkov and Mikhail Galuzin, Military Intelligence Chief Igor Kostyukov, and General Staff member Yuri Yegorlitsky. On the US side, President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will participate, while Kyiv has not yet officially announced the final list of its negotiating delegation members. Witkoff had previously announced that the talks would cover security guarantees, de-escalation, humanitarian issues, and possible steps to advance efforts toward a peaceful settlement. This round follows three previous rounds of negotiations that addressed criteria for a ceasefire, security guarantees, humanitarian files, and possible ways to reach a political settlement. Meanwhile, the Kremlin announced in a statement that a meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization’s Joint Security Council will be held in Moscow on November 11, chaired by President Vladimir Putin, to discuss ways to develop the CSTO’s collective security system, along with a number of international issues. The summit is expected to see the signing of several documents, including a final declaration and the CSTO’s counter-terrorism strategy through 2030. (End) TASS / S.M.A.